US Representatives from New York

"The Hudson River and our area's natural resources are some of our greatest assets, and we have a duty to protect and preserve them," said New York State Senator Sue Serino. "Congressman Hinchey made the preservation of our environment a priority throughout his career in public service and hisÃÂ ...

Democrats vying to represent the Lehigh Valley in Congress are touting more endorsements -- with a California congressman backing Allentown pastor ... to prevail in western Pennsylvania, that would be quite an earthquake, let's face it," Lehigh Valley Congressman Charlie Dent told the New York Times.

Former Congressman Named Chair of POWER Pension Coalition ... The group currently has seven advocacy campaigns on its website, which will send letters to Wisconsin, Ohio, New York, Indiana, Missouri, and Michigan, and Pennsylvania senators urging they get involved in restructuring policy forÃÂ ...

Maloney also said many in the LGBTQ community are recommending that Nixon - who is also gay - reconsider her reported decision to run. Cuomo, who led the effort to legalize same-sex marriage in New York in 2011, is expected to run for a third term this year. "We must remember that Governor CuomoÃÂ ...

"Look, all of this is about getting re-elected, and the bottom line is that the NRA has an extremely sophisticated ability to either help you or hurt you from being able to continue to call yourself 'Congressman,'" Rooney told The New York Times' Michael Barbaro. In a half-hour interview that sometimesÃÂ ...

"I really feel a tangible difference," said Jack Shifrel, a longtime activist in the Broward Democratic Party -- who first political involvement was as a 22-year old, living in New York and working on Robert Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign. At the VIP reception politicians sought them out. Candidates forÃÂ ...

U.S. Rep. Gene Green and state Sen. Sylvia Garcia pose for a photo in Humble as they knock on doors for her congressional campaign on Saturday, March 3, ... this was a remarkably intimate campaign moment, particularly given that old friend helping her was the seat's retiring congressman, Gene Green.

A New York congressman will deliver the principal remarks at the upcoming dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Lackawanna County. U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley, who represents parts of the Bronx and Queens in New York City in Congress, will address the society's 113th annual gathering on March 17ÃÂ ...

GOTHAM HIRES FORMER CONGRESSMAN: Gotham Government Relations and Communications, the New York lobbying firm that once counted President Donald Trump as a client, is bringing on former Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) as a partner. The hire gives Gotham, which opened a WashingtonÃÂ ...

FILE - In this June 10, 2015 file photo, assemblywoman Claudia Tenney, R-New Hartford, speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, in Albany, N.Y. The Republican congresswoman from upstate New York says "many" people who commit mass murder are Democrats. U.S. Rep. Tenney made theÃÂ ...

Representative Claudia Tenney, a first-term Republican from Central New York, said in a radio interview on Wednesday that "so many" mass murderers "end up being Democrats." Democrats immediately condemned her remarks, which came a week after 17 people were killed at a high school in Parkland,ÃÂ ...

Nadler quickly made the case to fellow-Democrats that he was the perfect marriage of man and moment: a Trump "archenemy," as one New York paper called him ... Nadler didn't say so publicly, but his campaign pitch against Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat best known for her work onÃÂ ...

"Now, John is running for Governor so that all of New York State may benefit from his leadership. It is my privilege to endorse John DeFrancisco as the next Governor for the State of New York." Congressman John Katko was first elected in November 2014 to represent 24th Congressional district of NewÃÂ ...

FCC watchdog investigates chairman's role in easing way for Sinclair's acquisition of Tribune Media, congressman says ... buying 42 Tribune stations in 33 markets in a $3.9 billion deal that would give the conservative-leaning broadcaster a presence in major markets including New York and Chicago.

"It is my privilege to endorse John DeFrancisco as the next Governor for the State of New York," Rep. Katko said in a release. Rep. Katko said in a statement that DeFrancisco has worked across party lines in Albany to fight for Central New York's best interests. The congressman said he believes DeFrancisco is a bipartisanÃÂ ...

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U.S. Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY18), who served as White House staff Secretary in the Clinton administration, discusses the fallout from the ... his latest investigation into the non-profit funded by the Mercer family (also a major funder of Breitbart) that aims to reshape New York state politics,ÃÂ ...

Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (R-NY22) will officially announce her re-election campaign on Saturday, March 3rd, according to supporters who are ... The 22nd Congressional district in Upstate New York includes Oneida, Herkimer and Madison counties, as well as Chenango, Cortland, Broome, TiogaÃÂ ...

Republicans are sounding the alarm. Congressional races in upstate New York are dominated by large numbers of Democrats. U.S. Rep. Tom Reed from the Southern Tier has seven opponents lined up for the Democratic nomination, while three Democrats had been running against U.S. Rep. ClaudiaÃÂ ...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A Democratic congressman says journalists need a federal law to protect them from violence. Speaking on CNN's "Reliable Sources" Sunday, Representative Eric Swalwell said his bill, which was introduced last week, aims to protect "journalists in every corner of our country ifÃÂ ...

About six weeks before the elections, Flynn and two business associates attended a secret New York meeting with Cavusoglu and Berat Albayrak, Erdogan's son-in-law and the country's energy minister. Also present: former CIA director and then-Trump senior adviser James Woolsey. The topic: Plans toÃÂ ...

"The Onondaga County Republican Committee is proud to once again support Congressman John Katko," said Onondaga County Republican Chairman Tom Dadey. "Congressman Katko is fighting for Central New York's interests in Washington and has consistently delivered results for our community. He fought to ensureÃÂ ...

Voters Not Politicians is the group working to get a proposal on the ballot to end gerrymandering. They are proposing that an independent commission draw congressional and legislative districts to avoid gerrymandering districts in favor of one party or another. Some Republicans say Voters Not PoliticiansÃÂ ...

Here in his home district, a conservative farming region in California's Central Valley, Mr. Nunes remains wildly popular and his constituents, by and large, greeted the memo, and their congressman's role at the center of it, with a collective shrug. The memo, which has incited a political firestorm, accused theÃÂ ...

Gertrude Stein once said of her hometown of Oakland, Calif., "There is no there there." That about says it for Devin Nunes's notorious memo, too. By this I do not mean that Nunes, the California Republican and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, has uncovered no potential wrongdoing in hisÃÂ ...

A U.S. representative's dream of a freight tunnel linking Brooklyn and New Jersey took a step forward Friday. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced it inked a deal with two firms to "closely examine" two possibilities for improving the movement of goods between the Brooklyn waterfrontÃÂ ...

Attendees included U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley of New York - a man whom many predict could succeed House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi as the House Democrats' next leader. And she has the endorsement of Green, an Anglo congressman whose retail politicking style was so effective that he easily heldÃÂ ...

Other Queens elected officials who participated in the meeting included City Council members Adrienne Adams, Daneek Miller and Rory Lancman; New York state Sen. Leroy Comrie; New York State Assemblywoman Vivian Cook; and the "Godfather of politics in Southeastern Queens," retired CityÃÂ ...

... whom they feel represent vital issues back home. At least nine such representatives from the New York metro area have announced plans to do so; ranging from women's issues to immigration. Congressman Frank Pallone, who represents New Brunswick and Highland Park, is one of those members.

The Democratic congressman handpicked by party leadership to give the formal "response" to President Donald Trump's first State of the Union on ... He is the grandson of Robert Kennedy, the former New York Senator who was assassinated during his 1968 run for president, and the great-nephew of JFKÃÂ ...

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Congresswoman Nita Lowey, the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee from New York's17th District, invited Rockland County resident and ... New York Democratic Congressman Eliot Engel of the 16th district spent the day of the State of the Union differently than in past decades.

File-This March 9, 2017, file photo shows Ravi Ragbir, executive director of the New Sanctuary Coalition, being escorted by supporters after his annual check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in New York. U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez has invited the wife of detained immigrant rights activistÃÂ ...

WASHINGTON -- Standing outside in the freezing cold, dressed in a new navy blue suit and red tie, Leonardo Reyes was feeling a little overwhelmed Tuesday afternoon as he headed to Capitol Hill for President Trump's State of the Union address. He was the guest of his home-state senator, Jeff Merkley,ÃÂ ...

A New Jersey congressman's announcement Monday that he was retiring immediately set off speculation as to who might replace him as chair of the ... U.S. Rep. Kay Granger of Fort Worth is widely considered a serious contender for the the chairmanship, multiple GOP House sources tell The TexasÃÂ ...

New York Rep. Peter King says the American people have a right to know about the evidence of abuses of power committed by a small number of top ... The Republican congressman is on the House Intelligence Committee which voted Monday to release a classified memo that alleges the FBI and theÃÂ ...

The New York Times reported that Mr. Meehan, 62, a married father of three, had entered into a confidential agreement to settle the complaint brought by the aide, who is decades his junior. She left the office after filing a complaint alleging that Mr. Meehan became hostile after she rebuffed his romanticÃÂ ...

On Saturday, John Elizandro, Mr. Meehan's communications director, issued a statement saying that the congressman "denies these allegations" and "has ... The New York Times is not naming the former aide, who followed the recommended procedures for reporting harassment but came away from theÃÂ ...

Organized labor is putting its muscle behind the only Republican representing the five boroughs in Congress. Almost one-eighth of the $872,262.66 Rep. Dan Donovan amassed last year came from union-affiliated Political Action Committees, the latest filings with the Federal Election CommissionÃÂ ...

Thousands of birds that spend the winter here in New York -- including the Whimbrels you see on Long Island beaches, the elegant Tundra swans in the Finger Lakes and the American Tree Sparrows that frequent our fields and suburban areas -- fly to the refuge every spring to raise their young. In fact, theÃÂ ...

In their Better Deal, which lays out plans to deal more aggressively with economic concentration, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, another Californian, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York list the airline, telecom, beer, food, and eyeglass industries. Notice anything missing?

NEW YORK ― As accused molester Roy Moore heads into a special election for a U.S. Senate seat this week, Rep. ... The congresswoman asked the Senate Sergeant at Arms in a letter on Monday to "take steps to prepare the Page Program for the possible election of Roy Moore," the Alabama RepublicanÃÂ ...

In Mr. Farenthold's case, legal documents and interviews with former aides suggest an atmosphere in which the congressman set the tone for off-color jokes .... A version of this article appears in print on , on Page A1 of the New York edition with the headline: In Texas Congressman's Office, Lewd Talk andÃÂ ...

If the Republican-led tax overhaul is so bad for colleges, why would Syracuse University support the plan? That was the argument laid out by Representative Claudia Tenney, who represents a Congressional district in upstate New York just outside of Syracuse, as she defended her vote for the tax plan in aÃÂ ...

Representatives Joseph Crowley and Kathleen Rice, Democrats of New York, and Representative Tim Ryan, Democrat of Ohio, called on both Mr. Conyers and Mr. ... "Nancy Pelosi did not elect the congressman, and she sure as hell won't be the one to tell the congressman to leave," Mr. Reed said.